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And to think just a few weeks ago the argument was "is Eli the best QB in the NFL"?

"They come to the line of scrimmage and the first thing they do is start looking for me....I know, and they know. When they’d find me they’d start screaming: 56 left ! 56 left!....So there’s this thing I did. After the play was over I’d come up behind them and whisper: don’t worry where I am. I’ll tell you when I get there."
- Lawrence Taylor

Eli was elite in 2011 and the beginning of this season. Not so much recently but I truly believe that a combination of external factors aren't exactly helping him out either. Pass Protection has been shoddy, receivers are dropping crucial passes, Gilbride's scheme has been exposed, I could go on and on...

Matt Ryan might take his place (and I mean that from a media standpoint) depending on what happens in the postseason with the Falcons.

I loved Phil and always thought he was an underrated QB, but he is talking nonsense. Eli might be the most wildly inconsistent elite QB in football history, but the kid has way more often come through in the clutch than not. Not to mention the magnitude of the games that he has done it in. Can't say I would take Eli over someone like Rodgers or Drew because the roller coaster seasons cut my life expectancy, but I have developed a feeling like Eli can get us out of any reasonable hole, no matter what the game situation is.